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Piper argyrophyllum
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Family:
PIPERACEAE
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Citation: Piper argyrophyllum Miq., Syst. Piperac. 330.1844; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5:93.1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1207(845). 1925; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 337. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 343. 1989; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 375. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 258. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 338. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 263. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 418. 2005.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattukurumulaku
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Climbing shrubs. Leaves simple, alternate, 8-13 x 5-6 cm, ovate or elliptic, acuminate at apex, acute or rounded at base, oblique, lower side usually covered with white scales, glabrous, basely 7 nerved; petiole 1 cm long; stipule to 1.5 cm long, lanceolate. Spikes slender, leaf-opposed, drooping; peduncle 2-3 cm long; bracts oblong, adnate to the rachis with free margins, ciliate; stamens 2. Berry 3 x 3 mm, globose, stigma 4, curved.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-February
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kottayam, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Thrissur, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Sri Lanka and Western Ghats
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Poringal, Choodal, Karadikkavala, Orukomban, Arampa, Thekkuthode
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